Sankashya, Sāṅkāśyā, Sāṅkāśya: 3 definitions
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Sankashya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Sāṅkāśyā and Sāṅkāśya can be transliterated into English as Sankasya or Sankashya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaSāṅkāśya (साङ्काश्य).—A King of ancient days, who lived in Yama’s court. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 10).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexSāṅkāśyā (साङ्काश्या).—The capital of Kuśadhvaja;1 also the name of the kingdom.2
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySāṅkāśyā (साङ्काश्या).—i. e. saṃkāśa + ya, f. Name of a town, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 70, 3.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Sankashyapura.
Full-text: Kushadhvaja, Sudhanva, Nya.
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